Once again, no Russian institutions figured into the top 200 universities worldwide, according to this year's annual Times Higher Education survey. The only Russian university in the top 400 was Lomonosov Moscow State University in the 226 to 250 range. The reputation of Russia's universities seems to be on the decline, as last year the same rankings placed Moscow State in the 200 to 225 range, joined by the Moscow State Physics Engineering Institute making an appearance in the 226 to 250 range. The reaction to consistently poor placing in these rankings ranges from indignation that Russia's universities can be judged inferior to bold declarations that by 2020 at least five Russian universities will be in the global top 100.
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